The Decline of Historical Thinking
(W) Important read. Republicans, for the past few decades, have depended on Americans’ inability to make sense of history in judging their policies. How else to explain the fact that, under Trump, they have succeeded in turning legal immigration into the excuse for all the country’s ills, when any clear historical analysis would demonstrate that it has been the fount of the lion’s share of America’s innovation, creativity, and economic production?
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Mind-Altering Cat Parasite Linked to Schizophrenia in Largest Study Yet
In what researchers describe as the largest study of its kind, scientists have found new evidence of a link between infection with the protozoan parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, and schizophrenia.
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Israeli Scientists Say They Will Have A Complete Cure For Cancer Within A Year
“We believe we will offer in a year’s time a complete cure for cancer,” said Dan Aridor, chairman of the board of Accelerated Evolution Biotechnologies Ltd. (AEBi).
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Apple Confirms iPhone FaceTime Eavesdropping Exploit — Here’s What To Do
Apple has confirmed a major vulnerability in iOS 12.1 devices that could easily be exploited in order to listen in, or video, the recipient of a FaceTime call even before they had picked up. So, what do iPhone users need to do to protect their privacy?
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Impeach Donald Trump
“The Founders worried about electing a president who lacked character or a sense of honor, but Americans have long since lost the moral vocabulary to articulate such concerns explicitly, preferring to look instead for demonstrable violations of rules that illuminate underlying character flaws. It is Trump’s unfitness for office that necessitates impeachment; his attacks on American democracy are plainly evident, and should be sufficient.” The Atlantic’s Yoni Appelbaum makes the case for impeachment.
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Feds Can’t Force You To Unlock Your iPhone With Finger Or Face, Judge Rules
Cops can’t just hold an iPhone up to a suspect’s face to search it, judge rules. It could be a landmark decision in modern privacy.
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Researchers Successfully Turn Breast Cancer Cells Into Fat to Stop Them From Spreading
Researchers have been able to coax human breast cancer cells to turn into fat cells in a new proof-of-concept study in mice.
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